[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:02:03 -0500
Message-ID: <459D4F2B.3668.2B7D0F2_at_localhost>

I'm confused by your post. What do you mean by 'space debris'? If the time was too
short for space debris and it was also not a meteoroid then what are you suggesting?

Befuddled Gary

On 4 Jan 2007 at 23:21, Jose Campos wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor.
> The article written by Laura Bailey (Jan 4 2007) for THE COLORADOAN,
> mentions that onlookers reported that it could be seen for about 30 seconds.
> That is too short a time for space debris, unless if it was seen at a low
> altitude in relation to the horizon, or if it was due to some partial sky
> obstruction (clouds, trees, buildings). Usually, this kind of display lasts
> for some 2 to 3 minutes or even slightly longer..
> Jos? Campos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado
>
>
> >> Dear Ron and List,
> >> Thank you Ron and all of the posters on this fall.
> >> This is a case where people had better have their
> >> geiger counters along. As Ron and others may have
> >> found out it may contain some radioactive material.
> >> Best, Dirk Ross..Tokyo
> >
> > Not likely you need a geiger counter. It is a normal Soyuz rocket stage.
> >
> > Place, track and time closely coincide with the predicted re-entry of a
> > stage of
> > the Soyuz rocket (06-063B, #29679) used to launch the French COROT space
> > telescope on December 27th from Baikonur. The sighting is only a few
> > minutes
> > later than the nominal predicted decay time, and at the correct geographic
> > location and direction of movement from the last know orbit for this
> > object.
> >
> > The slow movement on the video (assuming the video was real speed)
> > corroborates
> > it was this decay rather than a meteor.
> >
> > - Marco
> >
> > -----
> > Dr Marco Langbroek
> > Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
> >
> > e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
> > website: http://www.dmsweb.org
> > priv. website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
> > -----
> >
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